Chapter 374: Pushing
Miss Sakurai was very busy with work recently. First of all, there was the matter of the animated film, and then there was the official manga authorization, as well as the production of a mobile game. As the author, there were many things she had to follow up on. But busy as she was, she still liked this job very much, because she was doing a job she liked, so she didn’t feel it was boring.
“Yamada-sensei, what do you think of the mobile game character design for the female lead?”
“It’s drawn too young. It feels like she’s several years younger than the original. I personally suggest it’s best to change it.”
“Yamada-sensei, what do you think of the first manga serialization ending at the 13th episode of the anime?”
“That’s fine. We’ll make other plans when the next one is to be released.”
She had to be busy every day, and the voices that rang in her ears almost every day were “Yamada-sensei.”
Sakurai Reina, pen name Yamada Yui, had been a professional writer for four years now. From nothing to something, she had already firmly secured the top spot on the Japanese bestseller list, and was hailed as the next generation representative of commercial novels. And her novels had been adapted into animation, and had fans all over the world. Everyone liked to watch them, and the merchandise was even selling like hotcakes. The profits this work brought her were enormous. Her annual income was also rising steadily, and she was known as the light novel author who earned the most money.
But her profession was ultimately not in the family’s eyes.
Although her status was noble, the people in the Sakurai family still had gossip about it.
This day, after Sakurai Reina had held a signing event, she called Yu Linna and found out that she was still supervising the progress on the set, checking the story content. Ever since Yu Linna had become a screenwriter, she had been spending more and more time outside, on par with Miss Sakurai.
But her tone seemed a little choked up, as if she had been crying.
“Linna, what’s wrong?”
“Me? I’m fine. I’m fine.”
Yu Linna on the other end of the phone adjusted her mood and acted as if nothing had happened. Perhaps she was still a little too obvious.
Although Miss Sakurai was curious, she ultimately did not ask in depth. She thought it would be better to wait until she came back.
After her signing event, she was preparing to go out for a meal. At this time, a black luxury car was parked outside the venue. When Sakurai Reina came out, the car door opened, and several men in suits respectfully bowed to her.
“Miss, please get in the car.”
“What’s going on now? I still have to go home?”
Sakurai Reina remembered that she seemed to have gone home this month.
At this time, a man got out of the car. He had a placid expression on his face, looking at his bewildered daughter.
“Dad?”
Sakurai Yota, Sakurai Reina’s biological father, was a diplomat by profession. He should usually be quite busy. Why would he come out to find her at this time?
“You haven’t eaten yet, have you? Let’s go.”
Sakurai Yota opened the passenger door and let her get in. And this father’s meaning was also very obvious.
It was just that Reina had not expected it to be like this.
“Dad, aren’t you supposed to be working?”
“My work is already done. Coincidentally, I’m free today, and you’re also free. Let’s go for a meal.”
“Miss, actually, the master specially took leave to see you. He hasn’t seen you in a long time.”
“Smith, if you say one more word, you can get your salary in a bit.”
“I’m sorry, I was wrong, master.”
A black line appeared on Sakurai Reina’s head. She thought to herself, as expected of her own father, it really suited his personality. He said he didn’t care, didn’t like her current profession, but in fact, he was still paying attention to her work.
He was just not frank. It was just that she didn’t understand how her old mom had fallen for him.
“Alright, anyway, I’m quite free. Dad, are we going to the old place?”
“Hmph, you’re still the same as before, haven’t changed at all. Can’t you be a little more like an adult?”
“But I want to eat.”
“Alright then, let’s go. I haven’t been there in a long time either.”
Mmm-hmm, my old dad is quite easy to deal with. Sakurai Reina silently gave her own intelligence a thumbs-up.
…
Yu Linna had thrown herself into her work. According to her thoughts, she wouldn’t be staying in this place for too long. When it was about time, she would have to go back to her home country. She had been in Japan for a long time these days. She had originally wanted to stay for a month, but now more than two months had passed. She couldn’t continue to stay here. Even the time she had taken leave for was too long. She wanted to go back.
She already had a new plan in her mind. Originally, she had been worrying about how to write a good novel, how to create a great work. But she found that she was too concerned, to the point where she was always not in the state. This time, returning to her home country, she wanted to adjust her own mentality, to work hard again, to walk a brand new path.
For this, she had to work hard to finish her work, so that the subsequent work of the crew would not be too tight.
It was her first time formally transitioning from a professional writer to a scriptwriter, no longer the small-time work she had done in her home country before. This time, she had to treat it seriously. She also hoped that this drama would be a hit. That way, she could prove her own value.
She was no longer working hard for others, nor was she afraid of failure. If she hesitated, she would lose.
Yes…
Ye Zhiyun too.
She shook off the strange thoughts in her head, patted her cheeks, and continued to supervise.
Yusa Maho, although she was only in charge of the soundtrack and voice acting in the crew, Director Suzuki, with the idea of saving money where he could, had asked her to make a guest appearance in a few roles, which were only a few minutes long, and had only given her 10,000 yen. Yusa Maho was already a famous voice actress. This little bit of money was of course just the level of dismissing a child, but she still accepted it.
Mr. Suzuki had also asked Yu Linna if she wanted to make a guest appearance, but Yu Linna had declined. She thought there was no need, and she had no mood for it.
“Sigh, so tired. This drama is clearly a low-budget drama. How can it be so tiring? It feels like voicing in a very expensive big production. So tired.”
Yusa Maho was exhausted, sitting on a folding chair, hanging on by a bottle of water. To be tortured like this every day was really a killer. She had never been so tired when she was voicing for an anime before. Everyone was working in the voice acting studio, and no one was walking around like today. One moment she was playing this character, the next moment she was cross-dressing as another character, and in the end, she even had to voice a few extras. Because there was no money.
To be honest, the crew of The Big Sister Head is a Teacher was really quite poor. Many places were shabby to death, with poverty revealed everywhere. But this drama was a story created by Yu Linna alone. Although there was no idea for a second season, this was a completely original TV series, which was rare in the Japanese market. The current market had many choices of manga adaptations, as well as creations based on original works. This kind of 100% original TV series was rare.
Han Ying had originally thought she was just making a little money, but who knew it was such a pit to enter the crew, so tired every day. The director was also ruthless enough, saying NG at the drop of a hat. And this screenwriter named Yu Linna was even more ruthless. She was always changing the script. Once she was dissatisfied, she would change the plot, which would cause the previously filmed scenes to be invalid and have to be re-shot. Han Ying really had the heart to die.
During a break, Han Ying took the initiative to sit next to Yu Linna and chat with her.
“I say, Shion-sensei, you will tire people to death if you do this.”
“I’m sorry, I’m very serious about my work. But… am I being too stubborn?”
“Stubborn? Since you’ve already done this, are you afraid of people saying this? But you’re really dedicated. I think the script is great, really.”
Han Ying was still wearing her costume at this time. The high school girl’s uniform on her was not out of place at all, and it was quite a good match. Plus, the actress was already beautiful. Wearing this outfit made her look younger and more cheerful. And for the sake of the filming, Han Ying had specially dyed her hair yellow, pitying her beautiful black hair.
This TV series called The Big Sister Head is a Teacher, rather than saying it was a story about a former gang leader turning over a new leaf, it was more like a yuri story between a teacher and a delinquent female student. Because from the development of the story, the scenes between the female teacher and the female student were the most, and their interactions were also many. From the very beginning, the second female lead, Mizutani Suzuon, was very unhappy with the female lead, Onimaru Kiyo, and was very disgusted. After learning that she was a former gang leader, she admired her, but was disappointed to find that she had already turned over a new leaf. But in the end, because of the teacher’s help, she changed her view of her and saw her as a good teacher.
Although there were also men who liked the female lead, Onimaru Kiyo, in comparison with the second female lead, there was just no competition.
Sometimes Han Ying really wanted to know what this Yu Linna was thinking in her head, why she would create a story that was almost entirely yuri. Although it had no effect on her, it wasn’t real anyway.
“Shion-sensei, in case you misunderstand, I still want to say, I, and Zhiyun, that little girlfriend of yours, have no relationship. We just met by chance. You don’t have to mind.”
“…Why are you telling me this?”
“Just saying. Forget it.”
It had to be admitted that Yu Linna was happy for a moment just now, but that was all.
Han Ying finished the water in her water bottle, wiped her sweat, thinking that Ye Zhiyun and this Yu Linna were really hard to handle. They were both so conflicted. But she, who had had thoughts about Ye Zhiyun at the beginning, was clearly not qualified to say so. She, Han Ying, was not a mistress who would stick her foot in. When it was almost time to play, she should just take what she could get. She absolutely could not play with fire. This, Han Ying still knew.
Yu Linna didn’t say anything and continued to supervise the work.
After work, Ye Zhiyun, as usual, appeared in the crew to pick Han Ying up. They were already discussing where to go for a drink in a bit, completely ignoring Yu Linna, treating her as if she were transparent. Yu Linna was very angry.
As Han Ying was chatting, she noticed Yu Linna standing on the side. She thought for a moment in her heart and finally decided to be tactful.
“Zhiyun, let’s just forget it today. Why don’t you two go together?”
With that, she pointed at Yu Linna and suggested.
Ye Zhiyun looked at this blonde girl, the girl who had not spoken to her since what had happened last time. For a moment, she didn’t know what to say.
“Alright, go, go. Didn’t you want to talk to her?”
Han Ying pushed her over, letting her face her directly, and then Han Ying smiled and waved, turning and leaving alone. Although a drink alone was a bit bitter, well, it didn’t matter to do this occasionally.
Because Han Ying had always believed that she was different from the woman who had abandoned her. She would not do those shameless things.
…
Ye Zhiyun bit the bullet and went up, looking at the blonde girl, wondering how to start.
“Nana…”
As soon as she said this, she ran out of topics.
